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Everyone was entitled to the compliance, not just Maori drivers, he said.

"[The document] is probably not worded as well as it can be.

"There's two parts to this: the compliance is for everyone, including Maori, and it is about making sure there's less deaths on the road, less crashes," Mr Tims said.

Maori drivers were "considered" when they were pulled over by police, he said, but were included in the policy simply as part of the Turning the Tide national policy.

PassRite Driving Academy founder Fred Bardon said it was a great way of getting people licensed to drive - but only if it applied it all drivers.

Maori should not be the only targeted group "...because there are other offenders that are doing the same thing and we need to be across the board so that everybody gets the same opportunity", he told NewstalkZB.